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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Team-based care.

Weinstock M. Hosp Health Netw. March 2010;84:6p following 28,2.

STUDY

Improving safety culture on adult medical units through multidisciplinary teamwork and communication interventions: the TOPS Project.

Blegen MA, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK, Gearhart S, Auerbach AD, Wachter RM. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:346-350.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Commanding safety.

Huff C. Trustee Magazine. October 2011.

STUDY

Identifying organizational cultures that promote patient safety.

Singer SJ, Falwell A, Gaba DM, et al. Health Care Manage Rev. 2009;34:300-311.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Case study: sustaining a culture of safety in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

Chase D, McCarthy D. Quality Matters. April/May 2010.

STUDY

A multidisciplinary teamwork training program: The Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) experience.

Sehgal NL, Fox M, Vidyarthi AR, et al; TOPS Project. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23:2053-2057.

BOOK/REPORT

Medical Team Training.

Oakbrook, IL: Joint Commission Resources; 2008. ISBN: 9781599400921.

COMMENTARY

What are the critical success factors for team training in health care?

Salas E, Almeida SA, Salisbury M, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:398-405.

STUDY

Assessing and improving safety culture throughout an academic medical centre: a prospective cohort study.

Paine LA, Rosenstein BJ, Sexton JB, Kent P, Holzmueller CG, Pronovost PJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:547-554.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Empowered to improve.

Gardner E. Mod Healthc. May 18, 2009;39:28-31.

STUDY

Organisational culture: variation across hospitals and connection to patient safety climate.

Speroff T, Nwosu S, Greevy R, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:592-596.

STUDY

The effect of workload reduction on the quality of residents' discharge summaries.

Coit MH, Katz JT, McMahon GT. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:28-32.

STUDY

Large-scale deployment of the Global Trigger Tool across a large hospital system: refinements for the characterisation of adverse events to support patient safety learning opportunities.

Good VS, Saldaña M, Gilder R, Nicewander D, Kennerly DA. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:25-30.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Leadership practices to advance patient safety.

Crowley JD, Deen JB. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. May/June 2009;6:18-22.

COMMENTARY

A leadership initiative to improve communication and enhance safety.

Donahue M, Miller M, Smith L, Dykes P, Fitzpatrick JJ. Am J Med Qual. 2011;26:206-211.

STUDY

Evaluation of a redesign initiative in an internal-medicine residency.

McMahon GT, Katz JT, Thorndike ME, Levy BD, Loscalzo J. N Engl J Med. 2010;362:1304-1311.

COMMENTARY

An anesthesiology department leads culture change at a hospital system level to improve quality and patient safety.

Fleischut PM, Evans AS, Faggiani SL, Lazar EJ, Kerr GE. Anesthesiol Clin. 2011;29:153-167.

STUDY

Effects of a multicentre teamwork and communication programme on patient outcomes: results from the Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) project.

Auerbach AD, Sehgal NL, Blegen MA, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;22:118-126.

COMMENTARY

Implementing patient safety initiatives in rural hospitals.

Klingner J, Moscovice I, Tupper J, Coburn A, Wakefield M. J Rural Health. 2009;25:352-357.

STUDY

Trainees' perceptions of patient safety practices: recounting failures of supervision.

Ross PT, McMyler ET, Anderson SG, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:88-95.

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